𝚃𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝟹𝙳-𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚜. 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝, 𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚍. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝. 𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝟹𝙳 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍.
How to: Create a 3D-Widget
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝟷:
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚊 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚍. 𝚄𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚛, 𝚊𝚍𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚊 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚍. 𝚄𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚛, 𝚊𝚍𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢.
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝟸:
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚍. 𝚄𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚛, 𝚊𝚍𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕-𝚞𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚍. 𝚄𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚛, 𝚊𝚍𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕-𝚞𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎.
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝟹:
𝚄𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛, 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚍. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢.
𝚄𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛, 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚍. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢.
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝟺:
𝚄𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.
𝚄𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝟻:
𝚄𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙, 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚍.
𝚄𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙, 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚍.
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝟼:
𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚛, 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚊 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚎. 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎.
𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚛, 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚊 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚎. 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎.
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙 7:
𝙰𝚍𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑. 𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.
𝙰𝚍𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑. 𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝟾:
𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎!
𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎!
After working with Tinkercad and Makerbot, I was able to successfully create one widget. In summary , I learnt a lot from using both of these programs. Dealing with shapes, measurements, and how to properly put them together. It was a process, but seeing the end result in Makerbot was a good experience.